DDD COMMUNICATION | September 25, 2024
REMINDER! RATE SHEET OFFICE HOURS - OCTOBER 1, 1:00-2:00pm
DDD will hold another office hours on October 1 from 1:00-2:00pm, to talk about rate sheets that were sent to providers last month. In order to provide the best responses, we are requesting that questions be submitted in advance to DHS.DDDComments@illinois.gov. Please note that specific/individual cases will not be discussed.
Register here for the October 1 Office Hours.
Use this link to access a recording of the last call: September 10th Rates Sheet Office Hours
WAGE ATTESTATION SURVEY COMING SOON
During the Spring 2022 legislative session, the Illinois General Assembly passed and Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Public Act 102-0944. This legislation, effective January 1, 2023, provided that the State require providers licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act (Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs) and Medically Complex for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (MC/DD) facilities) and under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act (Community-Integrated Living Arrangements (CILAs)) to certify that all legislatively or administratively mandated wage increases have been and are being passed on to ICF Aides (aides) and Direct Support Professionals (DSPs). DDD is working to update the attestation surveys and providers lists and anticipates sending out the FY24 wage attestation in October 2024. Please keep your eyes out for the wage attestation which is REQUIRED by all providers listed above.
UPCOMING HEALTH RISK SCREENING TOOL (HRST) TRAINING
As is required by Rule, all individuals receiving residential waiver funding are required to have an HRST screen. To assist providers in being compliant with this requirement, IntellectAbility will be providing a training on how to run various reports, in the web-based platform. This includes how to determine who needs a screen, who needs a clinical review, and who has gone more than 365 days without an update. Additionally, IntellectAbility will be discussing the web-based platform of the Self-Administration of Medication Assessment (SAMA) which is free for all Illinois providers. The training will be on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, from 1:00-2:00pm.
HEALTH RISK SCREENING TOOL (HRST) TRAINING Registration
PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING FORMS DOWNLOAD
We have received feedback that the forms on the Person-Centered Planning (PCP) webpage are not downloading correctly. Please adhere to the following steps in order to access the forms.
- Go to IDHS: Person Centered Planning Process For Medicaid Waiver Services (state.il.us),
- Open the form you need at the bottom of the webpage. This will open a new tab with the PDF on it.
- There will be a "Please Wait…" Message on the form.
- Right click or hit "Ctrl + S" to save the file on your personal device.
- Then in your download folder, open the form and it should appear correctly in your PDF reader.
We appreciate your patience and thank you for bringing this to our attention.
CURRENT AND FUTURE GRANTEES: UPCOMING ACCOUNTING POLICIES OVERVIEW TRAINING
DDD would like to notify current grantees and agencies considering applying for a grant in the near future of a webinar on Accounting Policies provided by the DHS Compliance Accountability Office (CAO) - GATA Unit. The training will cover accounting principles and what the GATA Unit expects grantees to have in place when they conduct reviews.
Webinar topic:
Grantee Community Training - Accounting Policies Overview
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 2:00pm | (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Grantee Community Training registration
DRAFT INFORMATION BULLETIN POSTED TO DDD WEBSITE
The Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) has posted a new DRAFT Information Bulletin. Please see below link to the Bulletin. DDD will receive comments through October 8, 2024. Feedback should be sent to Ashley.Kjos@illinois.gov.
IDHS: DRAFT - PUNS Adult Selection and Letter Use
Here is the link to the webpage for all DDD DRAFT Information Bulletins.
IMPACT REVALIDATION WEBINAR REMINDER: INFO SESSION TOMORROW
HFS will be holding virtual information session to walk providers through the new impact revalidation process and answer questions.
September 26, 2024, 1:30-2:30pm - IMPACT REVALIDATION WEBINAR September 26th registration
October 24, 2024, 3:00-4:00pm - IMPACT REVALIDATION WEBINAR October 24th registration
You may also access the Provider Notice with this information here: HFS Provider Notice issued 08/28/2024
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